The Shinybees Knitting and Yarn Podcast

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Episode 58: Cast On! An Interview with Brenda Dayne Aug 04, 2015

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This week I’m delighted to welcome podcasting legend Brenda Dayne to the show. Voice of the Cast On podcast, Brenda has taught throughout the UK and US in venues large and small, as well as at festivals across the US. Cast On has been downloaded over 2.5 million times since it started in 2005. Brenda lives in rural Wales with her partner, Tonia, and drives fast cars with her knitty partner in crime, Caerthan Wrack. When they’re not cooking up indigo dyed mischief, Brenda also organises the Gwlana Retreats in West Wales.

This episode is sponsored by Yarn in The City. For more details visit www.yarninthecity.com

Shownotes are at www.shinybees.com.

Music for this episode is provided via Music Alley courtesy of Adam and the Walter Boys with "I Need a Drink".

Episode 57: Make It Fit - An Interview with Amy Herzog Jul 28, 2015

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Want to make knitwear that fits the way you want it to?

Step forward Amy Herzog of Custom Fit and Fit to Flatter fame, who is our latest interview guest. Amy Herzog is a Boston-based knitwear designer and author of the book Knit to Flatter, and the popular Fit to Flatter tutorial series.

If knitting things that fit you well is your bag, Amy is here to help with the Cutom Fit system. Use and yarn and any gauge, plug it into Custom Fit and it will churn out a pattern for you that will work perfectly!

Show notes are on the blog at www.shinybees.com

You can find Amy at www.amyherzogdesigns.com

Music for this episode is provided courtesy of Music Alley and is by Adam and the Walter Boys, with 'I Need a Drink'.

Episode 56: Boardwalk - An Interview with Linda Lencovic of Kettle Yarn Co Jul 21, 2015

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We're welcoming Linda Lencovic of Kettle Yarn Co to the podcast to tell her story and introduce us to the Boardwalk Collection. Linda is based on the South Coast of England and specialises in glorious colourways on yarns that are extensively wear tested, for those who believe in fashion that lasts.

This episode of the Shinybees podcast is sponsored by Yarn In The City. Yarn In The City creates experiential, yarn-centric events for knitters and makers, designed to bring people together through a shared love of craft. Yarn In The City organises the Great London Yarn Crawl taking place this year on Saturday 5th September 2015. For more information go to www.yarninthecity.com

Linda has just collaborated with some of the hottest designers on Ravelry to produce the Boardwalk Collection, designed in her Islington DK base, a heady blend of 55% Superwash Bluefaced Leicester and 45% Silk.

You can find links to the collection lookbook, details on where to find Linda as well as our sponsors in the shownotes at www.shinybees.com

Episode 55: Vintage Shetland Project - An Interview With Susan Crawford Jul 14, 2015

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Ever wondered what it's like to crowdfund a book? Susan Crawford, knitwear designer and fashion historian is my latest interview guest on the show. Purveyor of all things vintage and woolly, Susan has published 4 books already, which are stocked in the V&A, Waterstones and the British Library.

Four years in the making, Susan's latest project, the Vintage Shetland Project, is about to come to fruition and she is in the midst of a pubslush campaign to fund the initial print run of the book. This amazing project brings vintage knitwear from the Shetland Museum archives to life, with 25 items featured in the book, all with patterns transposed from the original garments and graded for size, to make them available to be enjoyed by knitters today.

Come and get to know Susan in this laid back episode and hear about Nana Ruby, Susan's sprightly Zwartbles and how she'll never audition for The Island...

You can find Susan over at www.susancrawfordvintage.com where you'll also find links to her social media. The Pubslush campaign is here.

Shownotes can be found on the blog at www.shinybees.com as always.

Music is provided courtesy of Adam and the Walter Boys with 'I Need A Drink'. available from Music Alley.

Episode 54: Yarn In The City - An Interview With Alison Thistlewood and Rachel Brown Jul 08, 2015

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This week it's an interview episode and I am chatting to the vivacious duo that is Alison Thistlewood and Rachel Brown, the ladies behind Yarn In The City and the Great London Yarn Crawl. Both businesswomen in their own right with their own separate businesses, they are here to chat about all things yarn and business. There's also some agonising over the Desert Island Skeins and some stash chat, amonst all the usual interview questions.

Tickets for the event are now on sale.

You can find Allison and Rachel at www.yarninthecity.com

Shownotes for this episode are at www.shinybees.com

Episode 53 - Knitting Socks For Summer Jun 30, 2015

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Summer has finally hit in Scotland and it is toasty! This week Clare is back on the Sock Surgery to talk about knitting socks in summer, follwoing on from our summer knitting yarns and pattern suggestions podcasts.

In Enablers' Corner, I talk about Periscope briefly. I'm on there as @shinybees and @TheGoldenSkein.

THe retro perfume review is of Exclamation. Get your bids in the shinybeesinfo@gmail.com or on Ravelry.

Shownotes are at www.shinybees.com

Music is via Music Alley with Adam and the Walter Boys with 'I Need a Drink'.

Episode 52: How to Store Your FOs Jun 24, 2015

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We're back with a little light enabling in the form of the #Scollaykal in Enablers' Corner this week. Head on over to KnitBritish and BritYarn to find out more. In news, it's Woolfest this weekend coming and I am looking for a roving reporter to give us the skinny on what the show was like.

Want to help us with our MakeItFit2015 statistical analysis? head on over to our survey and input your vital statistics (and a few other measurements).

In Wippin' Piccadilly, there is Lush by Tin Can Knits, Owls by Kate Davies and Guardian Angel by Sally Cameron. Finished objects include Aestlight by Gudrun Johnston and Lapsang by Clare Devine.

How do you store your finished objects? There's lots of chat on how to store stash, but what about all the stuff you've knitted?

There are some outtakes from The Beast which cover a couple of yarn reviews. And lion hair.

Shownotes as always are at the blog - www.shinybees.com

Music for this episode is by Adam and the Walter Boys with 'I Need a Drink' available via Music Alley.

Episode 51: Still Got It Jun 18, 2015

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This week there's a little news about the Indie Burgh Yarn Crawl in Edinburgh at the weekend. In Enablers' Corner, we're all about the kits, 'bout the kits, no trouble with Latvian Mitts and Yarnundyed-knits. In the Sock Surgery, we welcome back Clare Devine to review Coop Knits Socks Vol II by British deisgner Rachel Coopey. Finally, due to popular request, there's a perfume review of Tribe, by Coty.

Shownotes and links are at www.shinybees.com. Clare Devine can be found at www.yarnandpointysticks.com.

Music for the episode is Adam and the Walter Boys with 'I Need A Drink' available via Music Alley.

Episode 50: Strictly No Baby Nudity - An Interview With Emily Wessel of Tin Can Knits and Rainbow Heirloom Jun 09, 2015

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This week we welcome the fabulous Emily Wessel of Tin Can Knits and Rainbow Heirloom yarns to the show to chat about all things yarny. Max and Bodhi's Wardrobe will be available in print copy from 11 June 2015 and Emily and Alexa have very kindly offered a giveaway which will be hosted on the Shinybees Ravelry group.

Emily came to knitting whilst studying Architecture in Western Canada and met her business partner, Alexa Ludeman whilst they were both working at their LYS. Emily now lives in Edinburgh, Scotland with her husband and seriosuly cute son, Max, who was half the duo who inspired Max and Bodhi's Wardrobe (Bodhi being Alexa's daughter). When not designing for Tin Can Knits, Emily also hand dyes at Rainbow Heirloom. In this interview, she talks in depth about her design process and the influences she draws upon, as well as giving some great advice for those looking to get into the industry.

Shownotes as always can be found on the blog at www.shinybees.com. Emily Wessel can be found at www.tincanknits.com and www.rainbowheirloom.com.

Episode 49: Endless Winter Jun 04, 2015

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This week we hope to leave Narnia behind and experience something approaching summer after jinxing the entire season by talking about summer knitting in the past few episodes.

News-wise, the Great London Yarn Crawl will be taking place on 5th September 2015. There'll be a marketplace too this year with all proceeds from the event going to Refuge. A Yarn Story in Bath has moved to new premises. BritYarn threw open its virtual woolly doors on 2 June 2015. Go and check it out!

Enablers' Corner highlights our very own Clare Devine who has juts opened pre-orders on Sock Anatomy II. Get socks for the whole family!

The pattern pick is on the subject of 'Sun' (or lack thereof) and has a comedy perfume review for good measure.

Finally the Sock Surgery returns where Clare brings us some inspiration for funky heels to try.

Shownotes are at www.shinybees.com

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